Quiz 9: Circulatory System Anatomy and Basic Functions
Name: ______________________________________
Date: Jan. 23, 2014.
Label the Heart Diagram using the word list provided. Each answer is worth 1/2 mark each.
Word List: Superior vena cava
Right pulmonary artery
Rt. AV Valve (Tricuspid)
Left pulmonary artery
Lt AV Valve (Bicuspid)
Septum
Right atrium
Inferior vena cava
Left atrium
Left ventricle
Right pulmonary veins
Right ventricle
Left pulmonary veins
Aorta
1.__________________________
2.__________________________
3.__________________________
4.__________________________
5.__________________________
6.__________________________
7.__________________________
8.__________________________
9.__________________________
10. ________________________
11. ________________________
12. ________________________
13. ________________________
14. ________________________
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Fill in the blanks using the words provided:
Aorta
Veins
Arteries
Nutrients
Waste
CO2
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Pressure
Circulates
Oxygen
1. Blood pumping through our arteries causes ___________on them.
_________________ are important because they carry blood from the body back to the heart.
2. Our blood __________________ through our body in our blood vessels.
3. The _______________ is the biggest artery in the body and its attached to the Left Ventricle.
4. The circulatory system carries _______________ and ______________ to our cells, and take
__________________ and __________________ away.
Types of Blood Vessels:
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With the features listed below, write the correct 3 in each of the spots provided for each blood
vessel diagram.
Features:
Medium-sized blood vessels
Tough, flexible and thick walls
Carries blood back to the heart
The Smallest blood vessels
Thin Walls due to less blood pressure
Carries blood away from the heart
Walls are only one-cell thick
The largest blood vessels
Exchanges oxygen and waste with the blood
Arteries
Capillaries
Veins
List the 3 features from above
List the 3 features from above
List the 3 features from above
1.________________________ 1._________________________ 1.________________________
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___________________________ __________________________
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2.________________________ 2._________________________ 2.________________________
_________________________ ___________________________ _________________________
3.________________________ 3._________________________ 3.________________________
_________________________ ___________________________ _________________________
Multiple choice Questions: Each is worth one mark; CIRCLE THE MOST CORRECT ANSWERS.
1. Why is oxygen important to blood and to the cells?
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Oxygen helps the blood to clot.
Oxygen brings food to the cells.
Oxygen is necessary for cell growth and energy.
Oxygen is not important -- carbon dioxide is the most important substance to the body.
2. Which type of blood vessels carries blood away from the heart?
Veins
Arteries
Capillaries
Arteries, veins and capillaries
3. When oxygen-rich blood leaves the lungs for the heart, it enters the heart through the pulmonary vein
into the __________________
left ventricle
right atrium
right ventricle
left atrium
None of these
4. How many times does the average adult heart beat per minute while at rest?
150
40
120
70
35
5. A pulse is caused by ________________.
the valves in an artery opening and closing
oxygen entering the blood in the lungs
red blood cells colliding with each other in the arteries
changes in blood pressure in an artery
6. Which one of the following is NOT a blood vessel?
Capillary
Artery
Colon
Vein
The all are blood vessels
Use the heart diagram on the right to answer the next 2 questions…
7. How many blood vessels leave the heart?
2
4
1
3
8. Which part of the heart has the thickest walls?
Right ventricle
Left atrium
Left ventricle
Right atrium
9. The blood vessel that carries deoxygenated blood from the body to the right side of the heart is called
the__________________.
Pulmonary vein
aorta
pulmonary artery
vena cava(s)
10. Which one of the following describes a vein?
It has thin walls and carries oxygenated blood away from the heart.
It has thick walls with valves and carries blood under pressure.
It has a very thin wall with valves and carries blood under pressure.
It has thin walls with valves, and carries blood to the heart.
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